Track any container moving through Houston and see the port's real activity: carriers calling, scheduled connections, and a measured congestion signal. Four independent lenses on every shipment.
To track a container through Houston, enter your container, bill of lading, or booking number at trackingmcp.com/ports/ushou. TrackingMCP auto-detects the carrier and returns its milestones, the vessel's live AIS position, the published schedule, and a forecast ETA; one DCSA-normalised screen covering 241+ ocean carriers.
Any carrier calling Houston: we detect the line and format automatically.
Daily signal, 9 July 2026 to 7 October 2026; dashed line marks the port's typical baseline.
As of 2 October 2026, port-call throughput at Houston was 7% above its typical baseline, on 153 calls in the trailing 7 days. Derived from AIS port-call observations; inside the tracker this signal refreshes continuously and feeds each shipment's ETA-at-risk flag.
Houston appears in 16,674 scheduled port calls in TrackingMCP's sailing database (January 2025 to March 2028 schedule window), with 14 carriers we track calling the port. Track any of them by container, bill of lading, or booking number.
Port reference facts last reviewed 10 July 2026.
USHOU. The five-character UN/LOCODE (US for United States, plus HOU) identifies Houston in carrier schedules, booking confirmations, and tracking feeds worldwide.
Enter your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference in the search box above. TrackingMCP auto-detects the carrier and format, then returns live carrier events, the vessel's AIS position, and a forecast ETA. Your first shipment is free, no account needed to start.
CMA CGM, HMM, COSCO lead the 14 carriers with scheduled sailings calling Houston in TrackingMCP's sailing database. Each line links to its own tracking page below.
As of 2 October 2026, AIS port-call data put Houston's 7-day throughput 7% above its typical baseline, on 153 port calls in 7 days; the signal level reads mild. Signals refresh continuously inside the tracker; this page shows the snapshot from its last build.
Shanghai, Ningbo, Busan, Xiamen, Qingdao, Kaohsiung see the most scheduled sailings to and from Houston in TrackingMCP's sailing database.
Houston handles around 4,139,000 TEU a year and takes vessels drawing up to 13.7 m, according to the port's published statistics and public registries.
Free time is set by each carrier's tariff for United States, not by the port. The TrackingMCP free-time reference lists published demurrage and detention free days for United States by carrier, and the tracker watches the free-time clock on every shipment.